Merrill Brown on Moving From

Rafat Ali

Aug. 20, 2002 - 3:08 PM PST
Aug. 20, 2002 - 3:08 PM PST

Merrill Brown on Moving From Free to Fee: DotcomScoop has a short interview (down the page) with Merrill Brown, till recently the editor-in-chief of MSNBC.com and now senior VP for RealOne services, the subscription-based unit of Real Networks. He talks about bringing his experience at MSNBC.com to bear on his current job, competition with a similar service to be launched by Microsoft, and his transition from journalist to a businessman.

“Yes, the subscription business is about a different business proposition and I